Overview

This volume examines how government and administration in America's largest cities have changed between 1960 and 1990. Each chapter traces demographic and economic changes over this vital, and at times turbulent, thirty year period explaining what those changes mean for politics, policies and the general quality of life. Analytic and comparative chapters extract patterns and variations which emerge from the city profiles. Each profile addresses common issues in socio-economic, coalitional, institutional, process, values and policy changes in the following American cities: Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.

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Author:   H . V. Savitch ,  John Clayton Thomas
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Volume:   v. 38
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9780803940314

ISBN 10:   0803940319
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   06 September 1991
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction - John Clayton Thomas and H V Savitch Big City Politics, Then and Now Boston - Philip L Clay The Incomplete Transformation Philadelphia - Carolyn Teich Adams The Slide Toward Municipal Bankruptcy Chicago - Barbara Ferman Race and Reform Detroit - Wilbur Rich From Motor City to Service Hub St. Louis - Andrew Glassberg Racial Transition and Economic Development Atlanta - Arnold Fleischmann Urban Coalitions in a Suburban Sea Miami - Ronald K Vogel and Genie N L Stowers Minority Empowerment and Regime Change New Orleans - Robert K Whelan and Alma H Young The Ambivalent City Denver - Carter Whitson and Dennis Judd Boosterism versus Growth Houston - Robert E Parker and Joe R Feagin Administration by Economic Elites Los Angeles - Alan L Saltzstein and Raphael J Sonenshein Transformation of a Governing Coalition San Fransisco - Richard E DeLeon Post Materialist Populism in a Global City Seattle - Margaret Gordon et al Grassroots Politics Shaping the Environment Conclusion - H V Savitch and John Clayton Thomas End of the Millenium Big City

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